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Minecraft
Minecraft (2011)
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Attachment One of the random title screen splash messages "Woo, /v/!", a reference to the dedicated video game imageboard "/v/" on website 4chan, was removed from the PC Java version of the game in update ver.1.17 released in 2021. It's unknown why it was removed, neither was it mentioned in the game's official patch notes, but it's presumably due to the controversial nature of the website which Microsoft may wish to distance themselves from.

During the game's early years, the game's creator Markus "Notch" Persson had heavily promoted the game on a number of websites including 4chan, which its success he partly attributed to the website.
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Console Difference, Easter Egg, Hidden Message, Reference, Removed Feature, Unused Content, Update Difference, Version Difference
person KnowledgeBase calendar_month June 2, 2021
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Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3
Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3 (2002)
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In the Game Boy Advance port of the game, 2 of the secret levels have different names depending on the region:

• The level titled "Fight Toadies w/ Toadies" in the North American version of the game is named "Fight Baddies w/ Baddies" in the PAL Regions.

• The level titled "Endless World of Yoshis" in the North American version of the game is named "Crazy Maze Days" in the PAL Regions.
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Console Difference, Regional Difference, Version Difference
person CuriousUserX90 calendar_month May 5, 2021
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Darkstalkers 3
Darkstalkers 3 (1998)
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According to general producer Noritaka Funamizu in the Gamest magazine interview, he named the third game for Japan “Vampire Savior” because he wanted each title to have a unique name instead of just calling it by it's early name 'Vampire 3'. He added "As for the meaning, I’ll leave that for players to discover."
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Development, Early Idea, General, Regional Difference, Version Difference
person ProtoSnake calendar_month May 4, 2021
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Castlevania: Rondo of Blood
Castlevania: Rondo of Blood (1993)
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Attachment In the Akumajo Dracula X CD liner notes, the game's character designer Toshiharu Furukawa stated that they had to remove some monsters in previous Castlevania games, due to the game's international localizations. Having destructible monsters with humanoid forms (i.e. Medusa, Carmilla, and Gargoyle) went against America's morals. However, for Castlevania: Rondo of Blood, it doesn't need to be localized, due to it being released in Japan-only.
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person ProtoSnake calendar_month May 3, 2021
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Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain
Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain (2015)
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Big Boss' final vision of Paz in censored the Japanese version of the game. The scene is altered by using different camera angles and animations of Paz to obscure gore. In a later update for PC, this scene was also censored worldwide.
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person ProtoSnake calendar_month April 28, 2021
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Dance Dance Revolution 3rdMix
Dance Dance Revolution 3rdMix (1999)
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Attachment The song "OPERATOR" by PAPAYA is mistakenly credited in original Arcade releases of the game as "OPERATOR (Two Gees Mix)", despite the song actually being the original version. This was fixed starting from Dance Dance Revolution 3rd Mix PLUS!.
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Console Difference, General, Mistake, Release Difference, Version Difference
person psyducklover13 calendar_month April 28, 2021
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Smite
Smite (2014)
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Attachment The Hindu goddess Kali's design was initially more revealing, however during the game's beta, her appearance was changed to have her more clothed, in addition to new voice lines and updated abilities.

It's thought that her redesign was due to receiving backlash from practicing Hindus, who also objected to her inclusion. However, it's also possible this was done due to working with Chinese publisher Tencent to make the game more family friendly.
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person KnowledgeBase calendar_month March 16, 2021
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Lust for Darkness
Lust for Darkness (2018)
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Attachment Shortly after its release onto the Nintendo Switch, the game was removed from sale from the North American Nintendo eShop due to containing content deemed beyond acceptable for the ESRB rating it was given. It was re-released on March 20th, 2020 as Lust for Darkness: Dawn Edition with the explicit content and sexual imagery toned down. The European release however remained unaltered with the "Dawn Edition" also added to the European Nintendo eShop.
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person KnowledgeBase calendar_month February 27, 2021
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Wonder Project J2: Corlo no Mori no Josette
Wonder Project J2: Corlo no Mori no Josette (1996)
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Attachment A port for the PlayStation was reportedly in development though never released. It was aimed for release in late 1997 and would've featured animated sequences that wouldn't have been possible for the Nintendo 64 version due to the cartridge's memory space limitations.
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Cancelled Release, Console Difference, Development, Version Difference
person KnowledgeBase calendar_month December 23, 2020
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Watch Dogs: Legion
Watch Dogs: Legion (2020)
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Attachment In an update for the game released in November, 2020, two in-game podcasts featuring journalist Helen Lewis were replaced by Ubisoft after receiving complaints from concerned gamers. This was due to Lewis being known in the public for having transphobic views and writing a number of articles criticizing legislation which were in support of making gender transitioning easier.

Ubisoft told in a statement that the speaker profiles for the scripted in-game podcasts were chosen by an external producer that worked with the development team. They promised that in future they'd perform background checks on any future partners.
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person KnowledgeBase calendar_month November 23, 2020
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Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics
Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics (2020)
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The game has two different titles between the North American and UK versions. In the US the game is referred to as Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics, whereas in the UK it's called 51 Worldwide Games. Another change is that Checkers and Toy Soccer are called Draughts and Toy Football respectively in the UK version.
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Regional Difference, Version Difference
person Sergeantmajormario SMM calendar_month November 19, 2020
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EA Sports UFC 4
EA Sports UFC 4 (2020)
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Attachment In an update, more advertisements were added to the game which would appear during replay moments of matches. Despite the game already featuring advertisements, these additional ones received backlash from the community and were disabled from appearing again.

A member of EA's community team posted a statement via reddit:
"Earlier this week, the team turned on ad placements in EA SPORTS UFC 4 that appeared during the “Replay” moments in gameplay. This type of advertising inventory is not new to the UFC franchise, though we have typically reserved displaying ads to specific main menu tiles or Octagon logo placement. It is abundantly clear from your feedback that integrating ads into the Replay and overlay experience is not welcome.

The advertisements have been disabled by the team and we apologize for any disruption to gameplay that players may have experienced. We realize that this should have been communicated with players ahead of time and that’s on us. We want to make sure our players have the best possible experience playing EA SPORTS UFC 4, so ad integration in the Replay and overlay experience will not be reappearing in the future. Thank you for your continued feedback on EA SPORTS UFC 4."
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person KnowledgeBase calendar_month September 7, 2020
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Sonic Riders
Sonic Riders (2006)
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The Windows PC version is an exact port of the Xbox version of the game. Because of this, many of the bugs that exists on the Xbox version were carried over to the PC port. One of the bugs that would occur happens whenever a non-CG cutscene would play. All the character’s that appeared in these cutscenes would have their eyes stay fixed in a forward looking position instead of moving around. This bug does not appear in the PlayStation 2 or GameCube versions of the game.
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Console Difference, General, Glitch, Version Difference
person ShyanVixen calendar_month September 1, 2020
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Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes
Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes (2014)
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In international versions, there's a cutscene of removing the bomb from inside of Paz's stomach at the end of the main mission. The Japanese version however adjusts the camera angle so that no blood and gore is shown on screen.
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person ProtoSnake calendar_month September 1, 2020
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Super Monkey Ball: Banana Splitz
Super Monkey Ball: Banana Splitz (2012)
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person GamerBen144 calendar_month July 24, 2020
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Syphon Filter 3
Syphon Filter 3 (2001)
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Attachment The game's cover artwork originally featured the American flag and green gaseous fumes, and on the back the words "WANTED: Deadly Force Authorized", "deadly arsenal" and "terrorists". However, due to the then recent 9/11 terrorist attacks and the anthrax scare, the game had been recalled with these removed and the back text changed to make it more politically correct. This pushed back the game from its original September 25th, 2001 release to early November 2001. Some copies with the original box art had already shipped, making that version a collector's item and dubbed the "9/11 American Flag Cover". It also came in a dual case, despite the game only having a single disc.
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person KnowledgeBase calendar_month July 11, 2020
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Brian Lara International Cricket 2007
Brian Lara International Cricket 2007 (2007)
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Attachment In Australia & New Zealand, the game was released as Ricky Ponting International Cricket 2007 and in India as Yuvraj Singh International Cricket 2007, with on the covers cricketers Ricky Ponting and Yuvraj Singh; respectively.

Singh was also a brand ambassador for the Xbox 360 in India.
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Regional Difference, Version Difference
person KnowledgeBase calendar_month June 19, 2020
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Theme Park World
Theme Park World (1999)
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Attachment The game was released in North America as Sim Theme Park, part of Maxis' "Sim" brand of games, whilst in Europe and Asia it retained the "Theme" brand and was released as Theme Park World. The reason for the difference in title was because the "Sim" brand was more recognizable in the United States, as opposed to the "Theme" name which was more popular in the rest of the world.

According to Luc Barthelet, the General Manager of Maxis, he was jealous and wished Maxis had created the game but appreciated the opportunity to have it as part of the Sim franchise.
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person KnowledgeBase calendar_month June 14, 2020
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Theme Aquarium
Theme Aquarium (1998)
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Attachment The game was first released in 1998 on the PlayStation exclusively in Japan as Theme Aquarium, part of the "Theme" series of games by Bullfrog Productions. However, when it was released in 2000 for the PC exclusively in Europe, it was simply titled Aquarium with the "Theme" name and any mentions of Bullfrog Productions dropped.

The reason for the PlayStation version featuring the "Theme" brand was that the previous Theme games had proved popular in Japan so publisher EA Square wanted to help further generate interest by asking Bullfrog to use it in its marketing. When porting it to the PC for the West, the reason to simply release it as Aquarium was due to the belief that "the game quality wasn't high enough for it it come out in the West as a Theme game, with the Bullfrog brand," according to Shintaro Kanaoya, who provided localization assistance.
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person KnowledgeBase calendar_month June 13, 2020
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Shining Force
Shining Force (1992)
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In an 'Shining Force Encyclopedia' interview with game's Producer/Designer Hiroyuki Takahashi, he was asked how his team came up with the Japanese title "Shining Force: The Legacy of the Gods". Takahashi stated: "We had a few different candidates for titles. The one we chose was suggested by the scenario writer. Originally, the title was simply 'Kamigami no Isan' ('Legacy of the Gods'). I’m something of a sci-fi diehard, and I read a bunch of sci-fi novels that had similar-sounding titles, like “the ___ of the ___”, so that’s why we settled on this one."
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person ProtoSnake calendar_month June 7, 2020
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